ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · NY · GEOID 36479882024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Monroe, New York

According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 32.3 min one way; 8.3% worked from home, 65.6% drove alone, and 19.8% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip32.3 min±5.5 min MOE
Worked from home8.3%±3.6 pp MOE
Drove alone65.6%±4.0 pp MOE
60+ minute trip19.8%among commuters

U.S. Census Bureau ACS estimates for residents age 16+ who work. Commute time excludes people working from home.

01 / THE SHIFT

What changed in Monroe village's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -1.4 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +1.9 percentage points.

These periods overlap: 2021 covers 2017–2021 and 2024 covers 2020–2024. Changes are directional comparisons, not independent annual measurements.

Mean commute33.6 min → 32.3 min▼ 1.4 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home6.4% → 8.3%▲ 1.9 pp

Share of workers age 16+ who usually worked from home.

Public transit6.4% → 2.6%▼ 3.8 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone71.5% → 65.6%▼ 5.9 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Monroe village residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 65.6%; 2.6% used public transit and 8.3% worked from home.

Drive alone65.6% ±4.0 pp
Carpool18.2% ±5.2 pp
Public transit2.6% ±1.6 pp
Walk0.6% ±0.7 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.4 pp
Work from home8.3% ±3.6 pp

Each share uses 4,689 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Monroe village compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 85th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

Percentiles are single-metric context, never a “good commute” score.

85thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 85% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

32thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 68% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

83thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 83% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

94th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 94% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Monroe village's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 4,689 workers age 16+, including 4,302 workers with reported travel time and 387 home workers.

Population estimate9,515± 33 MOE
Workers age 16+4,689± 542 MOE
Workers with travel time4,302± 515 MOE
Estimated home workers387± 176 MOE
Why the ± matters

ACS values are survey estimates. The margin of error is the 90% confidence interval published by the Census Bureau or calculated for a share from published component margins. Small differences can be sampling noise.

05 / SAME STATE

Comparable New York commute records for Monroe village

These 8 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.

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